'Cartoons are sarcastic and seditious about almost everything except black America. Corporate malfeasance is lampooned on ''''SpongeBob SquarePants,'''' and ''''Jimmy Neutron'''' mocks American democracy. (All candidates for the school election are corrupt or stupid.) Even death is fair game: on ''''Billy and Mandy,'''' a children''s series on Cartoon Network,'

'WHILE it did not land with the generation-defining thud of John Hughes''s ''''Breakfast Club,'''' the 1987 teen movie ''''Can''t Buy Me Love'''' was a commercial success and continues to inspire a cult following. Even now, the movie stands out for the ruthless simplicity of its plot: does high school really happen unless you are popular? The actor Patrick'

'Dec. 5 FIVE SIDES OF A COIN -- A documentary about the power and culture of hip-hop, with Run DMC, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, De La Soul and at least three dozen other artists. Paul Kell directed. FORGET BAGHDAD -- A documentary about Jewish and Arab stereotypes, especially as seen in 100 years of film. Examples include Hollywood'